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Germany election special: who will replace Angela Merkel?
Berlin correspondent Derek Scally joins Hugh for a deep dive into the most interesting German federal election in decades, which takes place on Sunda…
5 years, 1 month ago
Talking about think-ins
After a turbulent summer break for the coalition, the country’s political parties hunkered down for their respective think-in meetings over the last …
5 years, 1 month ago
The legacy of ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing - with Eoin Ó Broin
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin’s latest book, Defects: Living with the legacy of the Celtic Tiger, tells the stories of some of the thou…
5 years, 1 month ago
A new Dáil term's afoot
Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn from the Irish Times politics team to discuss the Government's roadmap for the easing o…
5 years, 1 month ago
Empire of Pain - with Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe is an American writer and investigative journalist. His new book, Empire of Pain is a detailed history of the Sackler dynasty an…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Powerful and the Damned - with Lionel Barber
As one of the world's most respected newspaper editors, Lionel Barber spent over a decade at the helm of The Financial Times. His tenure coincided w…
5 years, 2 months ago
Aftermath of Zapponegate, a stark climate warning
Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to assess the damage done by the recent Zappone controversy. Now that the dust has settled, what will i…
5 years, 2 months ago
Washington Letter: Suzanne Lynch on her time in the US
Suzanne Lynch arrived in the US to take up her new role as Irish Times Washington correspondent ten days after Donald Trump's inauguration. As she pr…
5 years, 2 months ago
The next phase of the vaccine campaign / Dominic Cummings
This week, London Editor Denis Staunton engaged in a brief, yet courteous Twitter exchange with former Downing Street advisor Dominic Cummings. Here …
5 years, 2 months ago
End of term AMA special / Des O'Malley
With the Dáil term drawn to a close, Pat, Harry and Jen join Hugh to answer our listener's questions about politics. But first, Pat recalls the influ…
5 years, 3 months ago